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Opinion: It was the Russians who doped and IOC president Thomas Bach who enabled them

Russia deserves every bit of the fiery condemnation and shame coming its way at the next two Olympic Games.

So, too, the man who let it get this far. And I don’t mean Vladimir Putin.

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has enabled Russia and its state-sponsored doping system at every turn, letting Putin and his army of chemists and mouse-hole architects know they had nothing to fear. Bach saw that even the slightest of penalties – and make no mistake, this latest “ban” of Russia is about as strong as a vodka drink that’s three-quarters water – would be toothless, and lifted them the second he could.